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For a school fund raising project, Aiden and Jacob collected money in the ratio of 3.5 : 6.8. Jacob collected $115.50 more than Aiden. Find the total amount of money they collected.

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x - the amount of money collected by Aiden
y - the amount of money collected by Jacob

Aiden and Jacob collected money in the ratio of 3.5 : 6.8.
\(\frac{x}{y}=\frac{3.5}{6.8} \\ 6.8x=3.5y \\ x=\frac{3.5}{6.8}y \\ x=\frac{35}{68}y\)

Jacob collected $115.50 more than Aiden.
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The total amount of money they collected is $360.50.

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